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FORTHCOMING TERMLY BRIEFINGS FOR ALL CLERKS (free of charge):-
Future Clerks’ Information Updates will be held as follows:
Tuesday 10th January 2023 at 5pm
Tuesday 18th April 2023 including the AGM
Please note that further information regarding the ECA Clerks Conference that was held on Thursday 12th MAY 2022 can be found on the Events and Conference page.
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INFORMATION FROM PAST TERMLY BRIEFINGS
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Model – Pay-Policy-SchoolsAcademies-Sept-2022
Model – CODE OF CONDUCT REGISTER 2022
GOV Uk – Ofsted Summary of changes Summer 2022
GOV uk – Inspecting schools_ guide for maintained and academy schools –
GOV.UK Gov UK – Early years inspection handbook for Ofsted-registered provision for September 2022 –
GOV.UK GOV UK – Cost of school uniforms Essex – Safeguarding Information for Visitors to School – August 2022
DfE Schools Causing Concern Guidance Update Sept 22
DfE Searching, Screening and Confiscation
DfE Understanding your data_ a guide for school governors and academy trustees – GOV.UK
DfE What academies, free schools and colleges must or should publish online – GOV.UK
DfE Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance
ESFA – Academies_Planning_Calendar_2022_to_2023_
DfE School Resource Management – Building a stronger system strategy
DfE Recovery premium funding – GOV.UK
DfE Information note for academy trusts about academy transfer – GOV.UK
DfE Implementing school system reform in 2022-23
DfE Get school-to-school support from system leaders – GOV.UK
DfE Find volunteers to become school governors and trustees – GOV.UK
DfE Education recovery_ guidance for governors and trustees – GOV.UK
DfE Cost of school uniforms – GOV.UK
13. GOV UK – Working together to safeguard children
15. Safeguarding Company – Senior Mental Health Lead_ What You Need to Know
17. HSE inspectors to assess the management of asbestos in schools
18. DfE Implementing school system reform
DfE – Implementing_your_school_s_approach_to_pay
DfE Behaviour_in_Schools_guidance_July_2022
DfE Careers guidance and access for education and training providers
13. Essex – Safeguarding Information for Visitors to School – August 2022
13. DfE – Behaviour_in_Schools_guidance_July_2022
12. Essex – Child Protection policy for schools and settings – September 2022
10. GOV UK – Education recovery_ guidance for governors and trustees 1
0. DFE – Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance
10. DfE – National Tutoring Programme – Guidance for Schools
8. GOV UK – Recovery premium funding
8. DfE – School Resource Management – Building a stronger system strategy
5. Electronic Parent Governor Election Guidance
5. Model – Data Consent Form Sept 2022
5. Model – Code of Conduct Register
DfE Education Recovery in Early Years
DfE Education Recovery Spring 2022 – Copy
DfE First Aid in Schools February 2022
DfE KS4_accountability_guidance_update
DfE Political impartiality in schools February 2022
DfE Primary_accountability_guidance_-_March_2022
DfE Providing FSMs for those families with no access to public funds April 2022
DfE Pupil Premium overveiw updated March 2022
DfE Remote learning – revised guidance March 2022
DfE School-Led Tutoring April 2022
ESFA Academy Accounts Directions 2022 – main changes Opportunity_for_all_strong_schools_with_great_teachers_for_your_child WHITE PAPER SEND_review_right_support_right_place_right_time
The_case_for_a_fully_trust-led_system
The_Missing_Pool_of_Talent_Report_GovernorHub_2022
Opportunity_for_all_strong_schools_with_great_teachers_for_your_childS
Information Update January 2022
ECA Clerks Briefing Spring Term 2022
DfE Schools view on the perceived benefits and obstacles to joining a MAT
EEF_Implementation_Guidance_Report_2019
EEF Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants
EEF_Guide_for_School_Governors_and_Trustees_2019_-_print_version
DfE guidance on flexible working
DfE guidance on school uniform
Institute of Fiscal Studies Report on Education Spending in England Nov 2021
Role of Governing Body in School Food July 2021
NGA documents referred in briefing as follows (please go to NGA website – www.nga.org.uk – to access these)
NGA Priorities, resources and People: School and trust governance in 2021 – outcome of NGA
Governance Survey
NGA Engaging Parent & Carers: a guide for governing boards
NGA Environmental Sustainability – a whole school approach: a guide for boards (updated November
2021)
NGA Governance Volunteers & Board Practice in 2021 – outcome of NGA Governance Survey
NGA Careers Link Governor/Trustee Role Description
NGA Providing an effective careers programme: The role of governing boards in the secondary phase
(October 2021)
NGA A guide to electing Trustees and Governors: a Guide for Governance Professionals (December
2021)
NGA Online voting options: A Guide for Governance Professionals (December 2021)
NGA Ofsted inspections: a guide for governing boards (November 2021)
NGA Developing an affordable school uniform policy: Information for governing board (December
2021)
NGA Covid-19 – Keeping schools safe: monitoring priorities for governing boards
Finance Operations Audit and Risk Committee TOR 2021
EYFS Framework Changes Sept 2021
Early-Career-Teachers-ECT-Statutory-Induction-Policy-Schools-Academies-Sept-2021 (1)
Disciplinary and Dismissal Committee TOR September 2021
Curriculum (Standards) Committee TOR Sept 2021
Contingency Framework – education and childcare settings August 2021
19. Governors role in cyber security
19. GDPR Governor email addresses
19. Cyber Security in schools Questions for Governors & Trustees
15. Education_staff_wellbeing_charter_2021
12. CHILD PROTECTION POLICY FOR SCHOOLS – September 2021
5vi. NGA Code of Conduct September 2021
5v. NGA-Scheme-of-Delegation-Guidance-Nov-2020
5iv. Standing_Orders_Maintained_Schools Sept 2021
5iii. Keeping_children_safe_in_education_2021
5ii. Data Consent Form Sept 2021
5i. NGA Skills Audit Guidance for MATs August 2021
5i. NGA Skills Audit Guidance for maintained schools August 2021
5i. NGA Skills Audit for MATs August 2021
5.i. NGA Skills Audit for maintained schools and SATs August 2021
4. Declaration-of-Interest-Form-Sept 2021
Why updates are needed to your Financial Regulations
Summer term guidance – roadmap of easing restrictions
Keeping_children_safe_in_education_2020_-_Update_-_January_2021
MODEL CHILD PROTECTION POLICY FOR SCHOOLS – March 2021
Schools Testing Guidance and FAQs_v1.2
Staffing_and_employment_advice_for_schools_-_January_2021
Statutory Framework for EYFS March 2021
Induction guidance for early career teachers
Clerking Updates April 2021 Useful information
Awarding GCSEs, AS & A Levels Key for SLs
ECA Spring Term 2021 model agenda
Top_10_estate_checks_for_boards
the_implications_of_covid_19_on_the_school_funding_landscape_1
The School Website Requirements Guide November 2020
Providing school meals during the C-19 outbreak 8.1.21
NFER_Governance_Strand1_Report_FINAL
Maintained_governance_role_descriptors
Maintained schools must publish on website Nov 2020
FINAL_2021-22_NFF_Policy_Document_MB
ECC Remote Learning from January 2021 Final
DfE Remote_Education_Provision_framework_Schools
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY FOR SCHOOLS – October 2020 – amended 13 Nov 2020
Safeguarding Information for Visitors to School – August 2020
Keeping_children_safe_in_education_2020
Child Protection Policy August 2020
Governors Expenses Policy Sept 2020
Equality Objectives Secondary Sept 2020
Equality Objectives Primary Sept 2020
Declaration of Business Interests Form Sept 2020
Teacher_workload_survey_2019_brief
Ofsted School Inspection Update November 2019
Ofsted How__stuck__schools_are_overcoming_isolation_-_evaluation_report
NGA What governing boards and school leaders should expect from each other Nov 2019
NGA Questions for Governors to ask about wellbeing in school
NGA Exclusions a guide for governing boards
NGA Academy Trusts – The role of members
ECA Spring Term 2020 Information Update
ECA Spring Term 2020 Briefing Presentation
DfE_Parental Engagement on Relationships Education
2019 Draft Autumn Term GB agenda
Academies_Financial_Handbook_2019
DfE Academies Planning Calendar 2019-20
DfE Implementing_your_school_s_approach_to_pay March 2019
DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019
DfE School_attendance_July_2019
DfE Teaching online safety in schools June 2019
ECA Autumn Term 2019 Briefing Presentation
Letter from Secretary of State re Data_burdens_on_schools
NGA Annual Governance Review Sept 2019
NGA Guide to Skills Audit Sept 2019
NGA Model Code of Conduct Sept 2019
NGA Knowing Your School – Engaging Parents
NGA Moving MATs forward – the power of governance
NGA School Governance Report 2019
NGA Skills Audit Model 1 Governors
NGA Skills Audit Model 2 for Trustees
Ofsted School Inspection Handbook Sept 2019
Academies Financial Handbook 2019
DRAFT_Keeping_children_safe_in_education_2019
EEF Improving behaviour in schools Report
Effectively Inducting New Governors A Good Practice Report_20190617
Exploring Flexible Working in Schools
Taking the next step considering forming or joining a group of schools May 2019
MAT School Improvement Capacity Framework
Pupil Premium – the role and impact of GBs in spending monitoring and evaluating PPG
The Right People Around the Table 2nd version NGA
Succession Planning – Preparing Your Board for the Future NGA 2019
School Food in England Advice for Governing Boards
Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education DRAFT guidance
NCW Careers in Schools for Governors
Navigating the Educational Moral Maze ELC Report
Indicators for Potential Fraud A generic checklist for education providers
Implementing your school’s approach to pay Revised March 2019
Final Peer Review Report Essex Exclusions
Fair access to schools – the impact of the appeals and waiting list system EPI
EEF Guide for School Governors and Trustees
ECA Clerks Briefing 2019 Summer Term Presentation
ECA Briefing DRAFT GB 2019 Summer Term agenda template
ECA 2019 Summer Term Briefing Information Update
Academies Account Directions 2018 to 2019
These are the links for other publications mentioned at the briefing
ECA Clerks Briefing January 2019 (Power Point Presentation)
2018 Draft Autumn Term GB agenda
2018 Autumn Term Clerks Briefing Information Update
ECA Clerks Briefing Autumn Term 2018 (PowerPoint Presentation)
Governor Consent Form Template Sept 2018 (click on Design / Watermark / Remove – to remove watermark)
Safeguarding checklist for Governors & Trustees Sept 2018
2018 Autumn Term changes to guidance on academies online compliance (this includes guidance for Maintained Schools)
Good Estate Management for Schools
DfE A Guide to apprenticeships for the School Workforce
DfE Understanding your data: a guide for school governors and academy trustees
EFSA Land & Buildings Collection Tool
SEND Governance – A Review Guide
Sexual Violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges
Approaches to preventing and tackling bullying
Ofsted Inspection Handbook – July 2018
Ofsted School Inspection Update – July 2018
Inspecting Safeguarding in Early Years – September 2018
Keeping Children Safe in Education – September 2018
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018
Keeping Pupils and Staff Safe – Autumn 2018
Risk protection arrangement RPA for academy trusts membership rules September 2018
DfE Approaches to preventing and tackling bullying – case studies
Ofsted School Inspection Handbook Section 8 – July 2018
Ofsted School inspection update July 2018
DfE Guide to Apprenticeships for the School Workforce July 2018
MAT Development Programme 2018 resource
Fundamentals of Good Estate Management
What maintained schools must publish online – May 2018 update
What academies, free schools and colleges should publish online – May 2018 update
DfE Understanding your data – a guide for school governors and academy trustees
SEND Review Guide For Governors & Trustees
Keeping Children Safe in Education – September 2018
Academies Financial_Handbook_2018
Academies Accounts Direction 2017 to 2018
Letter from Lord Agnew to academy trust auditors – June 2018
ECA Briefing Draft 2018 Summer Term Agenda AV
ECA Briefing Notes for Summer Term 2018 Presentation
ECA Briefing Summer Term 2018 Information Update
Anti-fraud_checklist_for_academy_trusts
Being Strrategic – A guide for governing boards
Cyber_security_checklist_for_academy_trusts
The Designated teacher for looked after and previous looked after children Guidance
Managing_asbestos_in_your_school
NGA Taking Headteacher Appraisal Seriously
Ofsted School Inspection Update v13
What’s changed in the Ofsted Handbook
Ofsted School Inspections – a guide for parents
Schools_causing_concern_guidance_-_February_2018
healthy-schools-benchmarking-tool-essex-spring-2018
Child Protection Policy MODEL April 2018
Draft Spring Term Governing Board agenda
ECA Clerks Briefing Jan 2018 Information Update Links
NAHT Data and its use in schools Ofsted short inspection brief Ofsted_Annual_Report_2016-17
Online Safety in Schools – Questions for Governors
privacy-notice-suggested-text-for-parents-carers-pupils-dfe
privacy-notice-suggested-text-for-school-workforce-dfe
School-governance-in-2017-annual-survey-by-NGA-and-Tes
Sex and Relationships Education A call for evidence
Sexual_Harassment_and_Sexual_Violence_-_Advice
Transforming_children_and_young_people_s_mental_health_provision
Draft Autumn Term agenda with business meeting 2017
Draft Autumn Term Business Mtg Agenda 2017
Model Declaration of pecuniary and personal interest
4_Model Gifts and Hospitality Policy 2017
5_Model Receipt of Gifts and Hospitality Register
6_Model Business Interest Register for Staff
7_Model Reference Form for Governor-Trustee 2017
Model Code of Conduct Sept 2017
Constitution of Governing Bodies of Maintained Schools_2017
Exclusion_from_maintained_schools__academies_and_pupil_referral_units_guidance
MODEL CHILD PROTECTION POLICY FOR SCHOOLS – Sept 2017
Effective Support for Children & Families in Essex July 2017
Preventing and Tackling Bullying DfE Advice July 2017
Primary school accountability in 2017
School_teachers__pay_and_conditions_document_2017
State+of+Education+Report+2017+state-of-education-booklet-Final-WEB
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